I was thinking of instances when the house fighter appeared to do enough to win only for the judges give a suspect win to the "B-side". Only ones I could think of off the top of my head:
Pacquiao/Bradley: probably the gold standard for this rare phenomenon.
Vences/Lopez Vargas: Vences was supposed to win and most thought he did enough but the judges gave it to the Mexican. It was a fairly close fight tho.
Pacquiao/Horn: This doesn't really count since they were fighting in the Hornet's backyard and it was an ugly brawl and fairly close.
Moloney/Franco II: In the rematch, Top Rank's Maloney appeared to have a stoppage win when Franco suffered eye date from a punch. The ref ruled it a clash of heads and the replay team inexplicably agreed despite the video clearly showing no headbutt.
A few aren't great examples, can anyone add to the list?
Pacquiao/Bradley: probably the gold standard for this rare phenomenon.
Vences/Lopez Vargas: Vences was supposed to win and most thought he did enough but the judges gave it to the Mexican. It was a fairly close fight tho.
Pacquiao/Horn: This doesn't really count since they were fighting in the Hornet's backyard and it was an ugly brawl and fairly close.
Moloney/Franco II: In the rematch, Top Rank's Maloney appeared to have a stoppage win when Franco suffered eye date from a punch. The ref ruled it a clash of heads and the replay team inexplicably agreed despite the video clearly showing no headbutt.
A few aren't great examples, can anyone add to the list?
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